Spanish tennis player by the surname Verdasco Fernando - the main heartthrob ATP tour

Having a Hispanic roots burning Spaniard,chief heartthrob ATP-tour Fernando Verdasco, whose rating to date fell to 52 positions, continues to show great tennis, making a worthy competition to the top players of the tournaments. In late May, he lost in France Kei Nishikori (6th racket of the world) in the hardest five-set match of the third round of the tournament BSH, almost breaking the victory, leaving behind the third and fourth set.

The way of the Spaniard to the court

The thirty-two-year-old athlete was born in Madrid infamily restaurateurs, where, besides him, two more sisters were brought up: Anna and Sarah. As a child, he was diagnosed with ADHD, which affected his hyperactivity and impulsiveness. In the courtyard of the house there were two courts with a hard surface, which was specially built by the father of Jose Verdasco. Fernando from four years, adapting to the game, which became his most favorite leisure.

Since the age of 11, the parents have given the guy ina specialized tennis academy near Madrid, and in 15 he was transferred to Barcelona, ​​giving a scholarship as a promising athlete. Here his professional training began. In official tournaments the young man began to participate since 2001, starting the following year in the tournaments of the Masters series from 464 positions. As a left-handed player, he practices a two-handed attack on the right, which makes him a formidable opponent, capable of delivering balls at a speed of 230 m / sec.

The best achievements

The athlete has 14 tournament titles ATP, wherehe glorified the name of Verdasco. Fernando won his first victory in his homeland in Valencia (2004), seven titles were won in doubles (often played with Feliciano Lopez). The rest are presented in the table below.

The best achievements are related to 2009 - 2010 years. As of April 20, 2009, the Spaniard became the seventh in the world ranking. Both seasons he finished in the TOP-10, occupying the ninth line of the table of ranks. This is due to the period of his cooperation with Andre Agassi and gaining confidence in the participation in the Davis Cup finals. In the absence of Rafael Nadal in 2008, the Spaniards won the Cup largely thanks to Verdasco, who recorded two points in his asset. The team will be able to repeat its success in 2009.

Becoming the eighth in the doubles at the end of 2013year, the Spaniards won the right to participate in the final tournament. In the confrontation with the Americans - brothers Brian, the duo Marrero-Verdasco won. Fernando in the same year as part of the Spanish national team became Holman Cup winner.

A step away from victory

The Spaniard never became the winnertournaments, but his semifinal match with Rafael Nadal in Australia in 2009 entered the history of the tournament as the longest and most dramatic. For more than five hours, the battle of the representatives of one country lasted. The match was the best in Verdasco's career. Fernando, whose tennis by that time had grown considerably due to his work with Gilles Reyes (Agassi's team), made Rafu cry. This was the tension of the fight. Strong heat, brutal confrontation have done their job. Nadal managed literally to wrest a victory from the third matchball.

Personal life

Answering the question about the main heartbeatATP tournaments, anyone without hesitation will call the name Verdasco. Fernando met with models, actresses and dancers, novels that were not lengthy, but whose names are heard by others. In his Don Juan list star of the series Daphne Fernandez, model Priscilla de Gustine and exotic beauty from Hawaii Jara Mariano. His name is associated with three top tennis players, among them Gisela Dulko (Argentina) and Ana Ivanovic (Serbia). Relations with Ana went so far that Fernando introduced her to his parents.

Between September 2008 and March 2009 the Spaniardthere was confidence and the necessary power in the game. This was the period when Ana was rooting for him in the stands. But at the very Ivanovitch love took power, and she surrendered her leadership position in women's tennis.

After parting, there were rumors of a romance with CarolineWozniacki, but the girl herself commented on her relationship with Fernando only as a friendly. Today, Fernando meets with the step sister of the Iglesias brothers - the beautiful Anoy Boyer Preussler, the daughter of a well-known TV presenter and former Minister of Finance of Spain.